Bits http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com Business, Innovation, Technology, Society Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:50:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.2-alpha en http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gif NYT http://www.nytimes.com An Online Farmers Market http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/an-online-farmers-market/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/an-online-farmers-market/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:55:14 +0000 By Claire Cain Miller http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=2309 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/an-online-farmers-market/feed/ 'Whopper Sacrifice' De-Friended on Facebook http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/whopper-sacrifice-de-friended-on-facebook/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/whopper-sacrifice-de-friended-on-facebook/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:51:37 +0000 By Jenna Wortham http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=2311 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/whopper-sacrifice-de-friended-on-facebook/feed/ Has Sprint Started a New Wireless Price War? http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/has-sprint-started-a-new-wireless-price-war/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/has-sprint-started-a-new-wireless-price-war/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:56:17 +0000 By Saul Hansell http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=2305 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/has-sprint-started-a-new-wireless-price-war/feed/ Yahoo Shares Fall on C.E.O.'s Comments http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/yahoo-shares-fall-on-ceos-comments/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/yahoo-shares-fall-on-ceos-comments/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:29:35 +0000 By Miguel Helft http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=2303 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/yahoo-shares-fall-on-ceos-comments/feed/ InsideView, Web Crawler for Business, Raises $6.5 Million http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/insideview-raises-funds-to-crawls-the-web-for-businesses/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/insideview-raises-funds-to-crawls-the-web-for-businesses/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:36:54 +0000 By Jenna Wortham http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=2301 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/insideview-raises-funds-to-crawls-the-web-for-businesses/feed/ What If Steve Jobs Doesn't Come Back to Work? http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/what-if-steve-jobs-doesnt-come-back-to-work/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/what-if-steve-jobs-doesnt-come-back-to-work/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:14:23 +0000 By Saul Hansell http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=2299 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/what-if-steve-jobs-doesnt-come-back-to-work/feed/ Google Lays Off 100 Recruiters http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/google-lays-off-100-recruiters/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/google-lays-off-100-recruiters/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:04:37 +0000 By Miguel Helft http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=2297 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/google-lays-off-100-recruiters/feed/ Is Carol Bartz Terry Semel 2.0? http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/is-carol-bartz-terry-semel-20/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/is-carol-bartz-terry-semel-20/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:42:13 +0000 By Saul Hansell http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=2295 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/is-carol-bartz-terry-semel-20/feed/ Tesla Will Build Battery Packs for Other Electric Cars http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/tesla-to-build-battery-packs-for-electric-smart-cars/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/tesla-to-build-battery-packs-for-electric-smart-cars/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:02:48 +0000 By Claire Cain Miller http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=2289 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/tesla-to-build-battery-packs-for-electric-smart-cars/feed/ AT&T Says 2 Million Customers Got 'Idol' Text Ad http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/two-million-att-subscribers-got-american-idol-text-ad/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/two-million-att-subscribers-got-american-idol-text-ad/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:22:46 +0000 By Matt Richtel http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=2293 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/two-million-att-subscribers-got-american-idol-text-ad/feed/ Text of Steve Jobs's Letter to Apple Employees http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/text-of-jobss-letter-to-apple-employees/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/text-of-jobss-letter-to-apple-employees/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:48:35 +0000 By The New York Times http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=2291 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/text-of-jobss-letter-to-apple-employees/feed/ Seagate Layoffs Grow From 800 to 3,000 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/seagate-layoffs-grow-from-800-to-3000/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/seagate-layoffs-grow-from-800-to-3000/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:21:38 +0000 By Ashlee Vance http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=2287 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/seagate-layoffs-grow-from-800-to-3000/feed/ Bringing Open Source Software to Trading Desks http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/bringing-open-source-software-to-trading-desks/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/bringing-open-source-software-to-trading-desks/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:57:08 +0000 By Ashlee Vance http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=2283 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/bringing-open-source-software-to-trading-desks/feed/ AT&T's 'Idol' Message Still Irking Casual Texters http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/atts-american-idol-message-irks-casual-texters/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/atts-american-idol-message-irks-casual-texters/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:37:23 +0000 By Matt Richtel http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=2285 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/atts-american-idol-message-irks-casual-texters/feed/ Patent King I.B.M. Will Give Away More Ideas http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/patent-king-ibm-will-give-away-more-ideas/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/patent-king-ibm-will-give-away-more-ideas/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:00:29 +0000 By Ashlee Vance http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=2281 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/patent-king-ibm-will-give-away-more-ideas/feed/